Janine faces a backlash over Whitney

Lauren and Ricky are stunned and angry following Janine's confession that she has no idea where Whitney is. Carol and Max soon become involved in the discussion and Janine finds herself facing questions from all directions as everyone points out how vulnerable Whitney is. When Ricky tells Janine that he can't believe she kept this from him, she starts to feel guilty - but she soon gets angry and defensive, pointing out that they all failed to help Whitney when she needed them. Ricky then phones Ryan to get some answers, but Ryan explains that he hasn't seen Whitney for the past three weeks.

With everyone panicking, Carol decides that she needs to see Connor because he may know where Whitney is. When Carol turns up at his house, Connor is pleased to see her - but Carol makes it clear that she's only there for information about Whitney. She soon realises that she only ever fell for Connor because of her grief over Billie, and when he tries to make a move on her, she slaps him away and Connor is gutted to realise that Carol never had strong feelings for him. Back at Pat's house, Tiffany tells the adults that she knows where Whitney is as she'd previously told her about meeting a man called Rob who owns a club on Stanham Road. Afterwards, Janine and Lauren decide to go and look for Whitney.

Carol returns home, grabs Billie's urn and heads to Dot's house. She asks Dot to tell Jim that she brought Billie round for a final time and will now be scattering his ashes in the park. At the same time, Lauren and Janine arrive at Stanham Road but they go their separate ways following an argument. Lauren stops people in the street and shows them Whitney's photo, but has no luck until she spots Whitney by a pub with a group of men. When Lauren calls out, Whitney seems spaced out and walks into the pub.

Meanwhile, Mercy advises Fatboy to put his skills as a handyman to good use - he's good at fixing things so could use his new market stall for this purpose. As Fatboy gets set up, Abi spots his sign and asks for his help in fixing her hair straighteners ahead of her launderette 'date' with Jay. Later, Abi arrives at the launderette and gets on extremely well with Jay. At the end of the date, Jay explains that he'd like to meet up again and leans in for a kiss on the cheek.
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Janine tries to cover claiming that Whitney is probably hanging out with her new mates but the others aren't convinced and worry about Whitney and how vulnerable she is.
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